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Biology 475

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Course Description

Current topics in microbiology will be presented to the class by students. For 2010, they will include emerging and reemerging diseases, public health issues and nanotechnology aspects of microbiology

Biology 475 is a limited enrollment course for 3rd and 4th year students interested in advanced topics in microbiology.

It is a tutorial/seminar course where students give presentations on selected topics.

There are a few lectures/presentations at the start of the course to provide a general overview of the chosen topics

Course Requirements

1. To present one 30 min PowerPoint presentation on the chosen topic. The PowerPoint presentation will be made available through posting to the website before the presentation is given in class. This will make up 45% of the total mark 2. To produce a more detailed paper/monograph on the chosen topic in a format suitable for publication and for posting on this course web site. This will make up 45% of the total mark 3. Student participation in course seminars/presentations and completing questionnaires. This will make up 10% of the total mark

Course Links

For Marks and Overview

see http://learn.uwaterloo.ca - Biology 475

For Course Materials, References, Announcements, etc.

seehttp://colinmayfield.com/biol475/announcements.html

or http://wvlc.uwaterloo.ca/biology475/announcements.html

Grading Policy

Grading will be 45% on the seminar presentation (quality, content, organization, style and quality of presenting, quality and clarity of charts, graphs and slides) and 45% on the paper/monograph prepared on the same topic. Ten percent (10%) of the total course mark will be assessed for student participation in the seminar series.

The Seminar/PowerPoint presentation will be assessed based on the choice, quality, suitability and scope of the chosen materials (70%),the quality, organization and clarity of the seminar (10%), and the style and clarity of the PowerPoint presentation (10%). The presenter's answers to questions on the topic will be assessed (10%).

The PowerPoint will be posted (at the latest) on the website on the Friday evening before the Wednesday presentation. This means they should be sent to me via email by noon on the Friday before your presentation

The required paper/monograph will be judged on quality of chosen materials (60%), depth and breadth of topic coverage (10%), originality (10%), organization (5% see details of paper organization required), writing and style of presentation (5%) and choice and presentation of reference sources (10%). The paper will be due before the last day of the term. This paper will be submitted in electronic format (Word document or HTML file) suitable for posting to this web site.

There will be 10% of the total mark for the course given for student participation in the presentations/seminars and completion of the questionnaire for each speaker.

The presentations will be scheduled on a random basis during the course. Questions on the marking scheme will be answered at the start of the course. All students will also take part in an assessment of all presentations though a questionnaire to be completed after each presentation.

All comments will be provided anonymously to the presenters the week after their presentations

The paper should conform to normal Council of Biological Editors (CBE) standards for research publications except that it does not have to have the usual sections of Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and References.

Instead, since it is a summary of research results, it should have an Abstract, an Introduction giving an overview of what is included in the paper, and some organizational structure to present the materials.

A short summary of major conclusions, problems, opportunities for future research, etc, could also be included. A complete Bibliographic section is required. If web-based material is used it should be properly referenced. Help will be available from the library if required

Attendance Policy

A sign-in sheet will be maintained for each seminar session. Some absences are permissible but should not exceed a reasonable number

Exam Policy

There is neither a final exam nor mid-term in this course

Questionnaire

Title of Presentation………………………… Date ………………………..2010

Name of Presenter 1…………………………………………………..

Name of Presenter 2 ………………………………………………….

Name of Presenter 3 ………………………………………………….

Provide both general, overall comments about all presenters and the presentation and specific comments about each presenter – you can use numbers (above) to indicate specific comments.